If the New York Mets don't make the playoffs this season, the scale of their collapse won't approach last season's. But that doesn't necessarily make the current situation any easier for Mets fans to swallow.

The game was as tight as the NL East standings, and at the end of the night, the Philadelphia Phillies led both. Philadelphia went ahead, fell behind, rallied and held on Saturday, escaping threats in the final three innings to beat the Florida Marlins 3-2 and reclaim first place from the New York Mets.